I write game reviews, and, since I don't have money coming out of my ears, demo reviews, for FragFiles.org (guess our web address. I dare you). I believe the most important thing in a review is to give the reader as much relevant information about the game as they need to decide whether or not to play it. The idea is that once you read the review, you will know if the game matches your idea of something fun. Reviews should also be entertaining to read, since I know I myself read reviews of games I already own or would never buy.
4. If possible, robot must appear sexy and chrome.
5. Robots must speak as either emotionless females or British butlers.
6. In the event that a photogenic protagonist acquires a job at a government agency, one of the robots must go crazy. Then only the protagonist will see the threat, then all the robots will go crazy.
7. Once crazy, robots will destroy large amounts of property using skills far beyond what they would have ever required to do the tasks they were designed for.
8. If it can't charge my cell phone it ain't getting made.
I've been watching G4 since about when it started and TechTV from about that time too (it was around the time I got digital cable so I recieved all the pretty channels). G4 has gone from a mix of horrible shows and some pretty good shows, to a channel that tried to reinvent itself as "gangstah" but really just screwed up some more, and finally they acquired TechTV and lost almost all the good shows and turned the network into an MTV with a few videogames. The latest GPhoria awards are evidence: a bunch of photogenic, cheering fans who obviously have never touched a game console and a bunch of celebrity emcees who have played Madden and GTA and that's about it. The awards were more or less legitimate since it was the fans who voted on who won, but the whole presentation was a little heavy on the popular music and a little light on anything good. At all. I've stuck with G4 through thick and thin, but I think it's time to stop watching. I don't need a show about drifting when I don't own a single racing game or "Girls Gone Wired" when I have the internet. G4 doesn't want the true gamers as viewers; it wants the "Walks into Wal-Mart and buys a Madden game or something that looks cool when they get a paycheck" gamers. They're the majority, sure, but are they the ones who are going to spend their time watching a whole channel devoted to games? They have SpikeTV for their needs. I want to go to G4 for informed people talking about stuff that I want to hear, not rap music and drift racing and scantily clad polygons.
Play enough Starsiege: Tribes and you start trying to jetpack everywhere. Even worse, you try to "ski" down hills which involves running down the hill jumping whenever you touch the ground. It worked in the game! WHY DOES IT HURT ME SO?!
Yeah, makes SOE look like a bunch of greedy guys don't it:D
I mean seriously. Monthly fee goes towards servers and updates. I don't want to pay more on top of that for the updates!
Well the Alderaan thing had been done like 8 times. And I don't want to do what they're EXPECTING: that just makes it easier for Echelon to decipher your next move. And that's when they get you...
Slow down. Why would they be Christian? You would think good Christians WOULDN'T evolve defenses like this since they don't go around having unprotected sex with people who have AIDS.
Drat. If the phones are at 500MHz it might be time to upgrade my aging 500MHz processor. It DOES have a 100MHz FSB though, so maybe I can hold off until Cingular tops them or something.
Explain to me how this is different than World of Warcraft. Two level 20 people will be on roughly the same footing; it all depends on how they use their skills. Obviously a level 30 will own a level 20, but in Guild Wars you still have to hit the cap. It's just much lower.
If Guild Wars rewards playing skill, I'll play it. Somehow, though, I think my character's damage, or chance to dodge an arrow or a sword, is going to be based on invisible dice rolling and not my actions. A skill based game would be a game where it requires more thought that simply clicking on the enemy to attack. At least make you AIM the arrows or something. Then a skilled player could outshoot an unskilled player.
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Whoever gets to the command place first? And if they're a moron, you can vote them off? That's how Natural Selection does it and it works just fine.
Bullocks. There were plenty of Athlon 64's and Radeon x800s available.
I write game reviews, and, since I don't have money coming out of my ears, demo reviews, for FragFiles.org (guess our web address. I dare you). I believe the most important thing in a review is to give the reader as much relevant information about the game as they need to decide whether or not to play it. The idea is that once you read the review, you will know if the game matches your idea of something fun. Reviews should also be entertaining to read, since I know I myself read reviews of games I already own or would never buy.
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II or Soldner: Secret War let you blow up the enviroment. Warning: Soldner sucks. So I'd stick with Soldiers.
Spamming the secretaries may not change their investment policies? Might as well try, eh?
4. If possible, robot must appear sexy and chrome. 5. Robots must speak as either emotionless females or British butlers. 6. In the event that a photogenic protagonist acquires a job at a government agency, one of the robots must go crazy. Then only the protagonist will see the threat, then all the robots will go crazy. 7. Once crazy, robots will destroy large amounts of property using skills far beyond what they would have ever required to do the tasks they were designed for. 8. If it can't charge my cell phone it ain't getting made.
I've been watching G4 since about when it started and TechTV from about that time too (it was around the time I got digital cable so I recieved all the pretty channels). G4 has gone from a mix of horrible shows and some pretty good shows, to a channel that tried to reinvent itself as "gangstah" but really just screwed up some more, and finally they acquired TechTV and lost almost all the good shows and turned the network into an MTV with a few videogames. The latest GPhoria awards are evidence: a bunch of photogenic, cheering fans who obviously have never touched a game console and a bunch of celebrity emcees who have played Madden and GTA and that's about it. The awards were more or less legitimate since it was the fans who voted on who won, but the whole presentation was a little heavy on the popular music and a little light on anything good. At all. I've stuck with G4 through thick and thin, but I think it's time to stop watching. I don't need a show about drifting when I don't own a single racing game or "Girls Gone Wired" when I have the internet. G4 doesn't want the true gamers as viewers; it wants the "Walks into Wal-Mart and buys a Madden game or something that looks cool when they get a paycheck" gamers. They're the majority, sure, but are they the ones who are going to spend their time watching a whole channel devoted to games? They have SpikeTV for their needs. I want to go to G4 for informed people talking about stuff that I want to hear, not rap music and drift racing and scantily clad polygons.
Something to do with my iBook other than sit in Starbucks and hope people think I'm trendy :D
Play enough Starsiege: Tribes and you start trying to jetpack everywhere. Even worse, you try to "ski" down hills which involves running down the hill jumping whenever you touch the ground. It worked in the game! WHY DOES IT HURT ME SO?!
That's totally the Death Star trench. I mean, no question about it.
Yeah, makes SOE look like a bunch of greedy guys don't it :D
I mean seriously. Monthly fee goes towards servers and updates. I don't want to pay more on top of that for the updates!
Well the Alderaan thing had been done like 8 times. And I don't want to do what they're EXPECTING: that just makes it easier for Echelon to decipher your next move. And that's when they get you...
Survivor ISS would be the best show ever. Much more dramatic, especially when someone got voted off.
Sorry, that was me. I put a defective fan on my Athlon XP and then I overcloked it. My bad.
Slow down. Why would they be Christian? You would think good Christians WOULDN'T evolve defenses like this since they don't go around having unprotected sex with people who have AIDS.
There are so many areas in which we can improve technology; it's not time to get fixated on GIGARHURTZ when we're coming up against a wall.
Maybe it's a concession they made since Guild Wars is breathing down their back. It's similar to what Guild Wars is plannign but on a small scale.
But the problems are fixed. Your point is moot. MOOT!
Movie's down (although on /. thats a foregone conclusion). Where can I get it?
Drat. If the phones are at 500MHz it might be time to upgrade my aging 500MHz processor. It DOES have a 100MHz FSB though, so maybe I can hold off until Cingular tops them or something.
Wouldn't that end up with it being a game of chance where you hope to god you chose the right 8 skills to counter the 8 skills the other dude brought?
Explain to me how this is different than World of Warcraft. Two level 20 people will be on roughly the same footing; it all depends on how they use their skills. Obviously a level 30 will own a level 20, but in Guild Wars you still have to hit the cap. It's just much lower.
If the spirit rover can last for a year on Mars, why do we need to send astronauts (naughts?)? Wouldn't the money be better spent on more robots?
You obviously don't miss "tagu" enough to realize it was actually "dabu."
If Guild Wars rewards playing skill, I'll play it. Somehow, though, I think my character's damage, or chance to dodge an arrow or a sword, is going to be based on invisible dice rolling and not my actions. A skill based game would be a game where it requires more thought that simply clicking on the enemy to attack. At least make you AIM the arrows or something. Then a skilled player could outshoot an unskilled player.